The singer crashed to the floor and landed on her back but carried on singing as if nothing had happened.

Gaga also revealed to the magazine that her experiences of fame had helped to inspire the track Marry The Night on the new album.

She claimed she tried the Hollywood lifestyle but quickly realised it wasn’t for her.

‘I had all these number one records, and I had sold all these albums, and it was sort of this turning point: Am I going to try and embrace Hollywood and assimilate to that culture?

‘I put my toe in that water, and it was a Kegel-exercise vaginal reaction where I clenched and had to retract immediately. I ran furiously back to New York, to my old apartment, and I hung out with my friends, and I went to the same bars.’

Read the full interview in the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar or click here .